Major Human Race

The three Major Human Races are:

• Solomani
• Vilani
• Zhodani

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Sophont

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• Native Intelligent Life
• Sophont
  • Human Race
    • Humanoid
    • Non-humanoid
    • Semi-humanoid
  • Humaniti
    • Major Human Race
    • Minor Human Race
  • Major Race
    • Major Human Race
    • Major Non-Human Race
  • Minor Race
    • Minor Human Race
    • Minor Non-Human Race
  • Non-human Race
    • Major Non-Human Race
    • Minor Non-Human Race
  • Variant Race
    • Chimera Species
    • Human Chimera
    • Genetic Engineering
    • Variant Human Race
    • Variant Non-Human Race
  • Ancients
  • Ascendants
  • Extinct Species
  • Precursors
  • Primordials
  • Transcendents

Description

Interesting factoids:

• These three races are widely believed to have independently developed the jump drive.
• These races are collectively called Humaniti and are only considered one of the Major Races or of the Six Races.
• Some consider these races to all be subspecies of one another.
• The Geonee also developed the jump drive independently before the Vilani had developed their own prototype drive, but it was later discovered that they had done so by reverse-engineering Ancients-relic technology on their homeworld, and for this reason they are thus not considered to be of Major Human Race status, because they did not achieve jump-technology by their own independent racial efforts. The Geonee pointedly contest this criterion, however.

Solomani Hypothesis

The Solomani Hypothesis states that the Solomani or Terrans are the original donor species.

• There is some genetic evidence to support this claim.
• Whatever the truth may be, the very topic of the Solomani Hypothesis is highly political and widely disputed.
• The Geonee, in particular, strongly dispute this idea and insist that they are a different species rather than a subspecies of the Solomani.

History & Background

While it is widely accepted that all three have independently developed the jump drive, there is some discussion a to whether some or all of these species evolved independently or under the manipulative geneering influence of a precursor race such as the mysterious Ancients.

References & Contributors

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• MegaTraveller Imperial Encyclopedia
• GURPS Traveller: Humaniti